A sharp image is located 78.0 mm behind a 65.0-mm focal-length converging lens. Find the object distance (a) using a ray diagram, (b) by calculation.

Kameron Wang

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2022-11-02

A sharp image is located 78.0 mm behind a 65.0-mm focal-length converging lens.
Find the object distance (a) using a ray diagram, (b) by calculation.

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tiulowyn9v

tiulowyn9v

Beginner2022-11-03Added 7 answers

Use the lens equation
1 f = 1 o + 1 i
where f is the focal length (65), o is the object distance, and i is the image distance (78).
1 o = 1 f 1 i = 1 65 1 78 = 0.002564103
o = 1 0.002564103 = 390  mm

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